2 Esdras 11:20

20 Then I beheld, and lo, in process of time the feathers that followed stood up upon the right side, that they might rule also. And some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no more;

2 Esdras 11:20 In-Context

18 Then arose the third, and reigned as the others before, and appeared no more also.

19 So went it with all the residue one after another, as every one reigned and then appeared no more.

20 Then I beheld, and lo, in process of time the feathers that followed stood up upon the right side, that they might rule also. And some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no more;

21 for some of them were set up, but ruled not.

22 After this I looked, and behold, the twelve feathers appeared no more, nor the two little feathers;